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About half of all sales representatives miss their yearly quotas. Here's what your company should do about it.

A pair of bills would regulate the way you use your favorite tech.

Ethonomic Indicator of the Day: 140 billion tons--the amount of resources the global economy will consume in 2050. As it stands, economic growth is largely dependent on resource consumption

Sunday, June 12 Star power hits the Broadway stage this season. | Photographs courtesy of Sarak Rulwich/the New York Times (Pacino) ; Bruce Glikas / Getty Images (Redgrave ); Walter McBride/Retnalt D./Corbis (Jones). Of the 42 shows on the Broadway stage this season, a total of 26 are based on Hollywood productions or star a Tinseltown celebrity

Gliese 581d was thought to be uninhabitable. But we're in luck. It seems like a lovely place to live

The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--updated all day. "Turks Protest Internet Censorship" Pre-emptive protests against Internet censorship have sprung up in over 40 cities to rally against the Turkish government's voluntary obscenity filters. The tiered system plans to have four levels: children’s profile, family profile, domestic or standard profile, and may ban words like "blonde" and "sister-in-law." Concerned citizens do have reason to worry that such measures could lead to censorship, as Turkey already bans a number of popular sites, including YouTube.

The cheap furniture giant's products are getting more stable, and they are now making more from less. Everyone's favorite Swedish furniture superstore is among the best places to buy cheap, easy-to-assemble furniture

When genetically engineered, the Long Evans Hooded rat (center) and the Sprague Dawleys may help cure cancer. Not bad for a rodent

“They had big antennae and wires going everywhere,” says Progressive’s Richard Hutchinson of Snapshot predecessors. The device is now roughly the size of a deck of cards

For working women on the go, MyDailyMoment is a one-stop shop for everything fitness, beauty, recipes, and more. As we process applications for the 2011 Inc.

A survey from PBS has revealed something pretty staggering for a $500-plus next-gen computing device: 70% of parents are happy to hand the iPad to their kids, and download child-friendly apps for the rugrats. A new PBS survey has 70% of parents reporting that they allow their kids to use their iPad

May is Small Business Month, and to celebrate we're honoring 31 inspiring stories of small business success. Here's a look at ten of them. Chris Zane is in the experience business

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If you see this dog coming for you, run. Thanks to his extensive training--and customized body armor that can cost upwards of $30,000--he's bulletproof, can hear through concrete, and can record high-def video of missions, even in the dead of night